Otis Blaxton v. State of Florida

In this appeal pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), this Court’s review of the record revealed that Appellant’s competency was questioned, but the record below did not include a competency evaluation or reflect that the trial court conducted a hearing or issued an order on Appellant’s competency. We therefore issued an order pursuant to State v. Causey, 503 So.2d 321 (Fla.1987), requiring Appellant’s counsel to address these issues. After providing supplements to the record, Appellant’s counsel filed an amended brief advising that, although…